rudimentary

rudimentary definition - medical

ru·di·men·ta·ry (ro͞oˌdə-mĕnˈtə-rē, -mĕnˈtrē)

adjective
  1. Being imperfectly or incompletely developed; embryonic.
  2. Being in the earliest stages of development; incipient.

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